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Time to ditch green dreams ON June 13, 2025, the UK Government announced a £500 million investment, paid for by UK taxpayers, to accelerate the development of the UK’S first regional hydrogen transport and storage network. (Thankfully, most likely in the industrial heartlands of the UK – although the Scottish Read more
That’s the proposed updates on ETSU-R-97 out for consultation. You can respond as an individual. You don’t have to answer the questions if you don’t want to, just let them know what you think. Closing date is 29 August. The FOI response that we received anticipates the New Guidance will Read more
Turbines are fire risk You have once again highlighted the horrors of raging wildfires (“Wildfires ‘becoming danger to human life’, say gamekeepers battling them”, The Herald, July 1). Several roads in the Carrbridge, Dava, Grantown-on-Spey and Knockando areas are closed due to hazardous smoke, visible for miles around. Here in Read more
A NATIONAL group fighting to halt further wind farms says the scale of development around New Cumnock is incomparable to anywhere else in Scotland.Scotland Against Spin has been campaigning for more than a decade for the reform of the Scottish Government’s wind energy policy.The group keeps an eye on wind Read more
Series of articles to come. LIKE them or loathe them, wind turbines have become a permanent feature of our landscapes in recent years. Across East Ayrshire, dozens of developers have thrown up hundreds of the towering structures – with plenty more in the pipeline. But one area in particular, dubbed Read more
Please respond to this consultation Views sought on proposals which would introduce the crime of ecocide into Scots law for the first time Should causing severe environmental damage be treated as a serious and distinct criminal offence? Are current penalties imposed by courts on individuals and organisations adequate? Could creating Read more
SCOTTISH Borders councillors today (Monday, June 26) unanimously agreed to object to a new wind farm which would lead to turbines “towering over” villagers. Oliver Forest Wind Farm is earmarked for land north of Menzion Farm at Tweedsmuir. The application for the project, known as a Section 36 application, has Read more
A wildfire at a wind farm in Moray continues to grow due to strong winds as crews battle the blaze overnight https://news.stv.tv/north/wildfire-at-windfarm-spreading-amid-strong-winds-as-crews-battle-blaze-for-second-night?fbclid=IwY2xjawLPKGNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuoj7uKHl2bZ9QURMhVXNh-PNLq4tTViixL3mRJqxhhW1Hbrdvkq72u24VwV_aem_g_ZC-Naf4K5AQK2pjydSYA